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Anthony Scaramucci: A look at the man rumored to be the next White House communications director – Fox News

Anthony Scaramucci rose through the financial ranks of New York, ardently defending Wall Street and founding a global hedge fund. Now his latest project might be the White House’s messages.

Scaramucci is expected to be the next communications director for the White House, Axios reported. The job has been vacant since veteran GOP strategist Mike Dubke resigned from the post in late May.

Scaramucci, who became the senior vice president and chief strategy officer of the Export-Import Bank in June, met with President Donald Trump Friday morning.

The appointment of the Goldman Sachs alumn to the White House communications department may not please chief of staff Reince Priebus, who isn’t Scaramucci’s biggest fan, according to Axios.

Read on to find out more about Scaramucci, more commonly known among friends as “The Mooch,” an apparent reference to his last name.

Financier

Named Wall Streeter of the Year by Yahoo Finance in 2016, Scaramucci founded and co-managed SkyBridge Capital, a fund of hedge funds with a reported $11.8 billion in assets.

He’s also hosted a variety of financial conferences and programs, including Fox Business Network’s “Wall Street Week” and the glitzy SALT Conference, an annual gathering of prominent financiers and politicians.

Scaramucci, 53, sold his SkyBridge Capital in January in preparation for a role in the Trump administration. The price of the sale was not disclosed, but firm was thought to be valued at more than $200 million, the Financial Times reported at the time of the sale.

But it’s been several months since the Long Island native sold his company, and without a concrete role in the White House yet – despite multiple rumors of various positions – Scaramucci had been left in “limbo.”

Fundraiser

A Republican in New York, Scaramucci has donated to politicians in his party for a long time – but Trump, a fellow wealthy New Yorker, didn’t catch his eye right away.

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Anthony Scaramucci is rumored to be the next White House communications director.